Order-card.



PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

R. W. BAILEY. ORDER GARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.1,1905.

NITED STATES rarsnr @FFIGE.

RALPH W. BAILEY, OF WEST NEWBURKVMASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR O11 ONE-HALF TO CONRAD A. STILES, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

QRDER-OARDQ- Specification of Letters iatent.

ratentearet. 2?, 1906.

it is inserted in the neck of a milk or cream bottle; and the invention further consists in the combination of the card and such a bottle. Of the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 represents in elevation an order-card embodying my-invention. Fig. 2 represents'a perspective view of aportion of a bottle with my improved order-card inserted in the neck. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 represent, respectively, an elevation, a perspective, and a sectional view of a modified form of the invention, Fig. 5 showing the device in a bottle. Fig; 6 represents a perspective view showin a bunch of the cards as they-are connecte I together ready for use. Figs 7 and'8 re resent partial elevations of another modi ed form of the invention, showin the same,' respectively, in and separate from a bottle.

The same reference characters indicate'the same parts in all the figures.

it represents a card of comparatively stiii and e astic material, preferably of paper, which is of such thickness as to be stiff enough to cause it to remain upright when set in such a position and at the same time to be sufficiently resilient not to become brokenwhen somewhat bent. g

Intermediate its ends in the sides ofthe card are formed recesses b, which are-s me metrically arranged oposite to each ot er. The narrowest part 0 the card therefore comes between the deepest portions of the recesses, and this is less than the internal diameter of the neck of a milk or cream bottle in connection with which the order-card is adapted to be used, while the end portions of the cardare of greater width than the neck of the bottle, the projecting side portions of the lower end of the card constituting tongues d, adapted to expand after being inserted in the bottle below the contracted neck and enture reference.

gage the sides of the bottle, thus retaining the card in an upright position and preventiniit from becoming accidentally removed, as y being blown away. The divergin portions ofthe card at the upper limits of t e recesses are adapted to rest on the lip surrounding themouth of the bottle and su port the card. In inserting the card "into te bottle the lower art of the card is-sprun or bowed so that t e tongues d are broug t toward each other and is then inserted into the opening of the bottleand released, whereupon the resiliency of the paper causes the tongues to s ring outward into the enlarged portion of t e bottle below the contra'ctedneck and to engage with some force the sides of the bottle.

The housekeeper in using thecard writes upon it the quantity of milk or cream desired and then inserts the same in the mouth of the bottle, leaving the latter where it will be found by the milkman. Preferablythe cards will be printed or stamped with words indicating t e character of the supplies to be delivered and with blank spaces for the insertion of the uantity required, .as shown in the drawings, t e words Milk and. Cream being marked upon the card with spaces for writing down the number of gallons, quarts, or pints re uired.

The car may also be used for ordering other sup lies than milk and cream and preferably wil be rovided with blanks for inserting the num er of dozens of eggs, ounds of butter or cheesefand' other househo d supplies.

Preferably the card is. indented or periorated along the line at a, forming a detachable coupon 2, upon which may be prlnted words and other characters similar to those upon the body of the order-card, with blanks in which dupllcatesof the orders written upon the body of the card may be inserted, together with a blank space for the date. This con on maybe filled out at the same time as t e order-card roper and retained for in- $1 order that this may be most conveniently done, the cards are assembled together in a pack or bunch by means of sta les f passed through them near the upper e ge of each, the parts throughwhich t e staples pass bein the coupon portions of the cards. U on filing out a card and coupon with du licate oiders the card portion is detached From its coupon, leaving the coupon by bending up portions of the sides of the with the mouth of a bottle, so that it may readily slip therein, while the recess hasthe recesses.

attached to the remaining blank cards and '-'tending a-short distance inward from the edge the bott e to retain the card therein.

' adapted to reside within the contracted neck the card in position.

also to the coupons from which the cards have been removed. By this arrangement the coupons are also kept to ether where they may be readily found w en occasion arises for referring to them. perspective view of a bunch of order cards stapled together is shown inFig. 6.

Figs. 3, 4, and 5 show a card similar to those shown in the other views, except that the recesses in the sides are rectangular in shape instead of being curved and are formed cards. Sllts g are formed in the sides exandseparating tongues g from the body of the card. These ton ues are then ent up at an angle to the b0 yof the card, leaving the rectan ular recesses b in the sides. The position w 'ch a card of this form occupies when placed in the bottle is shown in Fig. 5. The tongues'd below the recesses s read out to engage the sides of the bottle slow the contracted neckportions, and the shoulders above the de 'ressions rest on the tip about the neck of t e bottle, while the tongues g are held b the sides of the bottle-mouth at a sharp angle with the body of the card.

Another type of card is rovided with only one recess b between the ody portion sand the resilient tongue d. The body ortion below the recess in this form is ofequa Width shape of the radial section of the lip vsur rounding a bottle-mouth, and the tongue d has'a rojection d ada ted to take under such a i after the card as been inserted in 1. An order-card of material which is stiff, elastic and capable of receiving a clear pencil-mark, formed with recesses in its op osite sides intermediate its ends adapted to e inserted in the neck of a bottle in which the width of the opening is less than that of the card at its ends and greater than that at the 2. An order-card formed of resilient material having a contracted intermediate portion and end ortions of greater width, the card bein a apted for insertion into a wide-mout ed bottle, the contractedportion and the wide portions to engage the bottle. above and below the neck portion to retain 3. order-card of stiff, resilient paper havin a body portion formed with recesses in its si es intermediate its ends and having a detachable coupon, the body portion and conpon being provided with duplicate characters and blanks for indicating the character and quantity of the materials to be ordered.

4. An order-card adapted to be inserted in the mouth of a bottle, constructed of stiff, resilient paper and formed with a contracted 'portion adapted to occupy the, contracted neck of the bottle, shonlders above said contracted portion adapted to engage and rest upon the periphery of the bottle-mouth, and

resilient projections or tongues below said contracted portion adapted to expand after insertion in the bottle and engage the sides of the bottle below the contracted neck portion thereof.

5. An order-card formed of resilient material havin a contracted ortion and an end portion 0 greater widt the card being adapted for insertion into a wide-mouthed "bottle, the contracted portion adapted to reside within the .contracted neck and the wide portion to engage the bottle above the neck,

portion to. retam the card in position, the card being also provided with a locking projection.

'6. An order-card consistin of a body portion havinga recess in its si e shaped to receive a portion ofa bottle, and provided with an elastic locking projection and a supporting portion, and a detachable coupon connected to saidbody portion.

.7. The combination with a bottle having a contracted neck, of an order-card having a narrow ortion'located within the mouth of the bottile,-an end'portion of greater width engaging and resting upon the rim of the bottle-mouth and a locking rojection extending beneath a portion of t e bottle for securing the card in place.

;8. T e combination with'a bottle having a contra ted neck, of an order card coristructed of material which is stiff, elastic and capable of receiving a mark, and formed with an intermediate part of less width than, and residing in,the mouth of the bottle, and end portions of greater width than said mouth and projecting laterally'both above' and below the contracted neck of the 'bottle..

' In testimony whereof have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RALPH, BAILEY.

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